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said yesterday. "That s
just me. I m never going
to be able to change it.
I just have to learn how
to hold that in a little
bit --- but still be myself."
She unraveled in the
second set, lost the first
two points of the third,
then mastered that
tricky balancing act the
rest of the way. The top-
ranked American beat
No 2 Victoria Azarenka
7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1 for her
fifth US Open title and
17th Grand Slam cham-
pionship.
Williams assumes
that wobbly second set
--- when she twice failed
to serve out the match
--- came from the nerves
of knowing she was on
the verge of history.
"In the third, I didn t
care," she said. "I was
just like, This is what s
going to happen; this is
what I m going to do,
and this is going to be
the result. "
Fourteen years after
her first US Open title,
Williams experience
had one thing in com-
mon with her victory at
age 17: She didn t do
much celebrating that
night either time.
In 1999, it was
because she was too
young. In 2013, she was
too tired after two weeks
of playing singles and
doubles.
Williams said she
ordered room service,
then tried to fall asleep,
but wasn t very success-
ful at that.
She feels fresh men-
tally and physically and
is surprised on both
fronts. There are a few
aches and pains, but
nothing that a few days
of rest won t fix. And
after playing an unusu-
ally busy schedule by
her standards, Williams
doesn t yet sense the
need to take some time
off. That s a change from
earlier in her career.
She won her 500th
career match at the 2012
Australian Open and
insists it felt as though
she notched No. 600
two weeks later. In fact,
it was at Wimbledon
this year---a quick accu-
mulation nonetheless.
She might not enter
as many tournaments
next season. Williams
had been chasing the No
1 ranking; now she
wants to focus on the
four Grand Slams,
though she realises that
sometimes winning the
smaller events can lead
to titles in the bigger
ones.
Her priorities were
obvious when she was
asked to evaluate her
2013, with a career-high
nine titles overall. Last
year was better,
Williams explained, even
if she won fewer tour-
naments. The differ-
ence? In 2012, she cap-
tured two Grand Slam
championships and an
Olympic gold medal.
That outweighs her two
major titles of this year.
Williams is particu-
larly proud, however, of
her 2013 French Open
victory, her first since
2002.
She likes how doubles
helped her stay calm and
focused the last two
weeks and hopes to play
in more events with sis-
ter Venus during the
tour s Asia swing in the
fall.
For all of Williams
success under current
coach
Patrick
Mouratoglou, she
believes her improve-
ment since they began
working together 15
months ago can be part-
ly traced back to her first
coach, her father.
"My dad gave myself
and my sister a game
that you can always
grow, you can always
build on, you can always
improve," she said.
Williams is one major
title behind Martina
Navratilova and Chris
Evert. Catching them
might appear inevitable
with her current play---
not just because she s
serving and moving so
well, but because she
still finds ways to win
when her game deserts
her. (AP)
A55
sports
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 www.guardian.co.tt Guardian
NEW YORK---The Ser-
ena Williams who won
the US Open on Sun-
day didn t flinch at any
foot-fault calls.
She looked very dif-
ferent from the player
who took the court at
Flushing Meadows in
past years, yet exactly
the same. And that is
how Williams is domi-
nating tennis as she
nears her 32nd birthday.
She has figured out
how to play passionately
and placidly all at the
same time.
"Even yesterday, I was
still complaining. You
could see that I m
throwing my hands
everywhere," Williams
Serena Williams stays
passionate, now placid
US Open Women's Singles tennis champion Serena
Williams poses with her trophy in Central Park,
yesterday in New York. Williams defeated Victoria
Azarenka 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1 on Sunday. AP PHOTO
LJUBLJANA---Lithuania advanced to
the second round of the European
championship despite losing 78-72 to
Bosnia-Herzegovina yesterday, while
Germany knocked out Israel.
Needing to win by 10 to squeeze out
Lithuania, Bosnia led 72-58 after Mirza
Teletovic knocked down a 3-pointer
with 5:22 left in the game. Teletovic
finished with 31 points but Lithuania
cut the deficit and went through. Linas
Kleiza had 20 points and 10 rebounds
for Lithuania.
Croatia advanced by beating the
Czech Republic 70-53. Ante Tomic had
12 points for Croatia, while Pavel
Pumpria had 19 for the Czechs and Jan
Vesely added 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Germany, already eliminated, pre-
vented Israel from advancing by winning
80-76. That outcome sent Belgium
through.
By that time Ukraine and Latvia had
already advanced to the second round.
The Ukrainians beat Britain 87-68,
getting 11 points each from Ihor Zaytsev
and Kyryl Natyazhko. Latvia, which got
15 points from Kristaps Janicenoks,
defeated Macedonia 76-77 and elim-
inated a team that was in the semifinals
two years ago.
On the last day of group play, defend-
ing champion Spain won its fourth in
five by beating Georgia 83-59 to reach
the second round. Ricky Rubio led Spain
with 16 points.
Finland beat Greece 86-77 in a match
between two already qualified teams,
with Petteri Koponen scoring 29 for
Finland.
Italy, which beat Sweden 82-79, fin-
ished on top of Group D, with Finland
second and Greece third. Italy is the
only unbeaten team, with five victo-
ries.
In the late games, Montengero beat
Serbia 83-76, Poland defeated Slovenia
71-61, France topped Belgium 82-65
and Russia salvaged some pride by beat-
ing Turkey 89-77. (AP)
Lithuania loses but
advances at Euro champs